By Terra Hall
KSHB
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - She may only be 11 years old, but already Nermen Konda and her mother Amna Mohamed are thinking about cancer; specifically about preventing it.
“Our kids, they are the future, and we need the future to be full of healthy people,” said Mohamed.
That’s why when Mohamed learned about the Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV, vaccine, she knew it was a must-do for Nermen.
“At first it started to hurt, but then I was thinking - well it will be a good cause for me even though it hurts so bad, it’s still going to do something good for me, so I am going to get something good in the end,” said Nermen.
The Samuel Rogers Health Center in northeast Kansas City hopes to vaccinate more pre-teens, teens and young adults like Nermen thanks to a $90,000 grant it received from the American Cancer Society. The goal is to vaccinate more people in Kansas City. The grant helps the clinic do this by offsetting vaccine costs for low-income families or families without insurance.
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